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Is Your Weight Gain Caused by Dieting?Kay went on a diet plan because she was in need of dropping ten unwanted pounds. One month later, the excess weight had been vanquished.
Two months later, Kay discovers that she has not only gained the ten pounds that she lost, but an additional five pounds. Oh well, she lost the ten pounds quite rapidly, so it will be a snap to lose these fifteen unwanted pounds.
A few weeks later, Kay is frustrated to find that she is now in need of losing twenty-five pounds - more than double the weight of her first diet.
The trouble that Kay had in keeping the weight off was in the way that she viewed losing the weight. After the unwanted weight was gone, she would allow herself to relax, then she would simply lose the weight. But the more she relaxed after dieting, the more weight she seemed to gain after the diet.
A year later, Kay is concerned as she now needs to drop over seventy unwanted pounds.
Did dieting cause Kay to gain weight?
How Dieting Causes Weight GainWhen we gain weight, we increase our number of fat cells. Although the fat cells can be decreased in size, they will never go away. And once they are there, they are like dry sponges waiting to be filled.
A dieter with excessive fat cells will experience a much more difficult time in keeping off extra pounds weight off than an individual with the normal range of fat cells.
Many dieters are like Kay in thinking that they dropped x-number of pounds, and it wasn't THAT difficult, so they'll relax their diet and enjoy the foods that they like. But at some point, the weight gain becomes out of hand.
Even more frustrating is the fact that many individuals end up gaining so much weight because of downside dieting that they have so much weight to lose that they simply give up all hope of getting rid of the extra pounds.
Yo-yo dieting breeds a haven for weight gain. Our bodies like balance and do best when things aren't drastically changed. In fact, an individual who is moderately overweight may experience a much higher level of health than a yo-yo dieter.
In SummaryIf dieting appears to be causing your weight gain, work with your doctor to find a healthy diet plan to get off all those extra pounds, then persistently discourage overeating which in turn will cause the weight gain cycle to be reborn.
Embracing an activity that you enjoying doing will also help keep the weight manageable, as well as adding strength and tone to the body.
Please meet with your personal physician to determine and/or verify the cause of weight gain. With so many solutions available these days, weight gain is getting much easier to accomplish.
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